[Day 196 and 197] Seconds march into the past [OPEN

[bastionpc]

Who: Everyone!
Open: Open
When: Days 196 and 197
Where: Skyway
What: The last locations have arrived
Format: Any
Warnings: N/A

[Call it a strange sort of intuition, but when more locations were found out on the Skyway, Zayna couldn't help but feel like that was the end of it. Maybe not for good, but it just seemed sort of... final, the way things were arriving.

She didn't really speak this thought aloud to anyone but Zulf and her father, showing the new sketches to the residents of the Bastion once more without too much insight in to what was on her mind.]

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[yinyangfox]

"Perhaps another time? There could be more parts of all our worlds out there. As it is, I am grateful not to see my home a shambles. I was always very particular," he remarked with a huffed sigh. He could only imagine what kind of travesty his house might have been. At any rate, he was pleased to salvage the treasures of his nation as well as the history of Izumo.

"But?" Seimei questioned, distracted by the tone. Ah. He smiled, shaking his head slowly. "She would have liked you, and you would have liked her. I doubt she would mind at all, dear prince. At any rate, she wore is when she was mortal. You would not be wearing something divine itself...only touched by the divine and thereby a precious relic."

[individuates]

He had pulled a smile, but it dimmed a little as he remembered the host club. Shambolic would have severely understated the twisted and cracked ruin of a room they had found.

He would hate for Seimei to find his own home that way.

And there Seimei went, showing off his mind-reading skills again. At least, Kaoru attributed it to mind-reading. He refused to believe he was that transparent.

He accepted the necklace quietly, carefully, with a nod, a small smile, and no more excuses.

[yinyangfox]

"Besides, I think its fitting that my Sunset Prince be gifted something belonging to the goddess of the sun. Perhaps it is prophetic?" he mused with a lazy smirk, threading his fingers through Kaoru's hair briefly before heading back towards the Bastion again.

"A little divinity for my prince could go a long way. Who knows."

[individuates]

Closing his eyes at the touch of his hair with a smile of contentment… which quickly morphed into an exaggerated pout as he followed along behind Seimei.

"Oh, I see, I see. I'm not divine enough for you?" Tugging on his sleeve teasingly so Seimei knew he knew it wasn't what he'd meant at all. "I get it now. You think I need all the help I can get, is that what you mean~?"

[yinyangfox]

He smirked faintly, arching a brow at the boy as they walked, dark eyes thoughtful.

"You are, at the end of the day, a mortal boy," he replied with a gentle sort of gravity. "If I could find a way for you to be more like me, I would use any means possible to achieve it."

[individuates]

"But this is where you're supposed to tell me what a beautiful mortal boy I am!" He hugged onto Seimei's arm a little tighter as they walked, the biwa bumping gently against him with every step.

"You'd have to be very careful with that. It's a lovely idea, but there's a lot of myths around the world where that doesn't end so well…"

[yinyangfox]

"Telling you that you are beautiful is like expressing to the sun that it is bright. It will never see itself the way that you see it, so you can only turn your face to its warmth and express for it your gratitude. Or in my case, love and affection," he remarked with a smirk, sliding his fingertips lightly over the boy's hair.

"But you are quite right, and I have worked no magic upon you in my selfishness. The necklace is a matter of faith and heart - a charm against ill-spirits, more than anything else. I do not imagine it will extend your life unnaturally. Besides, if I wanted to do that, its a rather simple thing."

He tilted his head, arching a brow at the boy curiously before shaking his head. There were things he wanted out of life, but his desires were irrelevant when another opinion would be tacked to them. He could not think solely about himself.

"Someday you may wish it of me, and if you do, I will attend the matter. For now, you are young and we are happy without those concerns."

[individuates]

"Maybe so, but that doesn't mean the sun doesn't like to hear it every now and then..." A wink and a smile. All right, so perhaps Kaoru enjoyed having his ego stroked every now and again. He couldn't help it. Who didn't enjoy being flattered from time to time?

"...maybe one day," he conceded, "But I'm happy with you and me, just as we are right now. Immortality doesn't have to come into it right now, surely..."

[yinyangfox]

"I do not imagine so, no. The dangers of the Skyway are fewer every day, and you do not particularly care for venturing out needlessly so you are not at risk. I would say immortality and eternal youth are hardly concerns of yours," the onmyoji remarked with a shrug and smile, watching the boy thoughtfully.

"Should I be composing poetry for you on the way home? You know it is not a particularly strong skill of mine. I would rather you not grow ill."

[individuates]

"This is about as far as I dare go, even accompanied." He agreed with a nod. "Tama-chan's getting stronger and stronger, and she's tough and all, but I'm still reluctant to stray far with her. Even though she wants to go. The creatures close to home don't often present much of a challenge for her, these days. But if we went further out and she got hurt..." A shake of his head. No, that didn't bear thinking about. "...I just wouldn't want it to be somewhere we couldn't quickly get back from."

"You're more than proficient with your poetry, my love, trust me. I would be happy for you to surprise me sometime."

[yinyangfox]

"Perhaps I will then," he mused, arching a brow and pursing his lips briefly, kissing the air between the two of them.

"Someday perhaps you'll be more inclined to go out, but for now, I must admit, I'm very content not to have to go chasing you both about. However, if you think she could use the chance to her advantage, I wouldn't mind taking her with me when I go out. Yata-chan and Tama-chan could work quite well together, given the opportunity to learn."

[individuates]

He laughed softly, leaning in a little closer to kiss Seimei properly.

"Well. Perhaps one day." Shaking his head lightly, "...and I would love to see how that combination would go down..." Theoretically it was a good one - what Tama-chan couldn't reach from the ground, Yata-chan could reach from the air. But putting them together? Sometimes it felt like the only reason Yata-chan put up with Tama-chan was because he could always fly away from her.

"Tama-chan is always willing to work with others - and you know she adores you, she'd follow you anywhere - but... you know how Yatchan is."

[yinyangfox]

"He needs to learn to cooperate better with others. Peckers, by their very nature, are community animals that communicate well and work in large groups. We do not have a comparable flock in the Bastion. If he is to accomplish anything, he should learn with another native animal that has already adapted. I think they'll be fine," the onmyoji murmured with a shrug, smoothing a hand fondly over Kaoru's hair and pressing his lips to the boy's briefly.

"But come. The journey is not overlong, but we should get there at a reasonable hour. As much I would love to spend time alone with you, a graveyard is hardly romantic. Perhaps we will have an unlikely stroke of luck and the house will be vacant enough that we can have some time together. A leisurely bath sounds nice."

[individuates]

"...which is strange, no? That Tama-chan is so personable, given what you told me about her mother, and that Yatchan is so antisocial, despite the fact that he would belong to a flock under normal circumstances..." His eyes slid shut at the touch and the kiss, a smile lingering on his lips even as Seimei pulled away.

"Yes. Home." Even without luck they had locks on doors if they needed... A lightly impatient tug on Seimei's hand. Yes, everything his onmyoji had proposed was rather wonderful.